The first project to sequence whole genomes from mountain gorillas has given scientists and conservationists new insight into the impact of population decline on these critically endangered apes. While mountain gorillas are ...
Biotechnology
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A team of researchers working at the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund's Karisoke Research Center in Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda (in association with the Max Planck Institute for Anthropology and the University of Western Australia) ...
If infected with the Ebola virus, less than 20% of endangered mountain gorillas living in Africa's Virunga Massif region would be expected to survive more than 100 days past the first confirmed case. That is according to ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 12, 2023
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A mountain gorilla walks in the forest of East Africa's Virunga Volcanoes conservation area. It stops at a piece of wild celery, sits down, and begins to chew. It strips the vegetable's fibrous threads through its teeth, ...
Ecology
Oct 20, 2022
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A large international team of researchers has found a possible connection between facial asymmetry in mountain gorillas and inbreeding. In their paper published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the group describes comparing ...
Respiratory illness outbreaks among wild mountain gorillas in Volcanoes National Park have declined since the start of COVID-19, according to a Correspondence report in the journal Nature from Gorilla Doctors and the Rwanda ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 11, 2022
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A study published today in Scientific Reports suggests that new health challenges may be emerging as a result of conservationists' success in pulling mountain gorillas back from the brink of extinction.
Plants & Animals
May 25, 2021
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Mountain gorillas that live in oversized groups may have to limit the number of strong social relationships they form, new research suggests.
Plants & Animals
Jul 28, 2020
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Dominance rank among female mountain gorillas is not related to body size but does increase their reproductive output according to research publishing June 3, 2020 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE, led by Edward Wright ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 3, 2020
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Researchers at Ohio University have published a new study in collaboration with Ugandan scientists, cautioning that humans place endangered mountain gorillas at risk of disease transmission during tourism encounters.
Ecology
Feb 14, 2020
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